Country-blues prodigy Hunter Hayes, whose hit single Storm Warning makes him seem like the next coming of Brad Paisley and Keith Urban, has been announced as the final headliner for the Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City in March.

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Hayes, winner of the Country Music Association's New Artist of the Year award and a Grammy nominee for Best New Artist, will perform March 10 at 3:30 p.m., festival organizers announced Thursday. Tickets will go on sale Jan. 7 for $15 and $20.

The festival runs Feb. 28 to March 10. Tickets can be purchased at the ticket office, 2209 W Oak St. in Plant City, by phone at (813) 754-1996 or online at flstrawberryfestival.com. If you don't get a reserved seat, the festival offers about 3,000 free seats for each headline show in the Wish Farms Soundstage's grandstand.